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The Future of Farmer Pits

The Future of Farmer Pits

I started experimenting with deodorant recipes almost ten years ago. While I've adjusted the ingredients over the years, mainly to help it tolerate the hotter summer temperatures it may encounter...

The Future of Farmer Pits

I started experimenting with deodorant recipes almost ten years ago. While I've adjusted the ingredients over the years, mainly to help it tolerate the hotter summer temperatures it may encounter...

Update on Rosie the Winter Calf

Update on Rosie the Winter Calf

If you didn't already read about our calf, Rosie, who was born in mid-January during a cold snap, you can do so here. Rosie is seven weeks old today! After...

Update on Rosie the Winter Calf

If you didn't already read about our calf, Rosie, who was born in mid-January during a cold snap, you can do so here. Rosie is seven weeks old today! After...

Calving in season and out

Calving in season and out

For the eight years that I've had cattle at Fat Chance Farm, I've always managed to keep our calving dates "in season," that is during Vermont's warmer months of May...

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Calving in season and out

For the eight years that I've had cattle at Fat Chance Farm, I've always managed to keep our calving dates "in season," that is during Vermont's warmer months of May...

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Aluminum in Deodorant

Aluminum in Deodorant

I started writing this with intention of posting a short informative article about aluminum in deodorant. Several weeks and one deep hole of research later, here is the result. It...

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Aluminum in Deodorant

I started writing this with intention of posting a short informative article about aluminum in deodorant. Several weeks and one deep hole of research later, here is the result. It...

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Good Spirits and a Broken Furnace

Good Spirits and a Broken Furnace

I am not a great memorizer of quotations or poetry but there are a few turns of phrase that really do stick in my head. At the moment it is...

Good Spirits and a Broken Furnace

I am not a great memorizer of quotations or poetry but there are a few turns of phrase that really do stick in my head. At the moment it is...

First Frost and Thoughts on Winter

First Frost and Thoughts on Winter

Autumn comes early most years in Vermont. We had our first very light frost yesterday, can you see the tiny frost crystals on the grass? As someone who raises livestock...

First Frost and Thoughts on Winter

Autumn comes early most years in Vermont. We had our first very light frost yesterday, can you see the tiny frost crystals on the grass? As someone who raises livestock...